Cara’s 80 getting some love again

[dogfishlake]

Looks great! Kind of like the "bezel police", I will be the "zip tie police". Probably should have a zip tie on the timing chain to cam sprocket. Lots of horror stories of that falling off and having to pull the front of the engine off to get it back up there. Honestly I don't see how but I got bombarded when I posted a picture of mine like that so I guess it really is a thing.

 

[dogfishlake]

Also, I don't see the bolt in the exhaust side cam(?). it is supposed to go in before the cams come out. I believe it is an m8 you can steal off of the front of the truck somewhere. That cam gear is two piece and spring loaded so when the cam comes out without the bolt is pops into the position it is in like your picture. My daughters 80 was like that when I took it apart and I had to rotate the front half back to get tension on it and put a bolt in it. When the cams are back it you can remove the bolt. I believe the idea is to keep the chain tight on the gear to reduce noise but that is just a guess. Maybe the bolt is in there and I just can't see it in the picture but making sure.

 

[dogfishlake]

 

[dogfishlake]

 

[69LC]

Huh, good to know. I’ll ask the engine shop about that...

I have to deliver more stuff tomorrow.

 

[dogfishlake]

That last pic of the gear is wrong. They two halves will line up with the proper spring tension and the service bolt on there. It will run without the proper tension but will tick like crazy at idle.

 

[69LC]

Well, the 1fze is finally coming home tonight. Of course I don’t have the radiator support and fender painted yet, but I don’t have to rush.

Progress!

 

[69LC]

So it’s too cold to work on the truck in the barn, so it’s bodywork time in the basement.

 

[TCEd]

Always like seeing the other things that show up in project photos. Don't step on the airplanes. ed

 

[69LC]

I was able to get Cara's engine and drivetrain reinstalled back into her truck. Now for all of the details and egr delete.

 

[dogfishlake]

I was able to get Cara's engine and drivetrain reinstalled back into her truck. Now for all of the details and egr delete.

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June 29th man!

 

[69LC]

That’s the goal!

 

[AllLC]

GETRDUN, lookin good. I really like that bumper too!

 

[69LC]

Thanks. Someday I’ll finish it...

 

[69LC]

I met @dogfishlake at a nearby shop to trade off a 96 1fze and tranny I bought from Joel Ward- @HiPlainsDrftr

Pat took the engine home and I kept the tranny and some engine tidbits.

Then I grabbed some stainless brushes and Purple Power cleaner to clean up the intake manifolds on our 80. I can’t believe the difference!

 

[69LC]

So as I work on the truck I keep finding unexpected issues to handle.

When I started to install the original engine harness to the engine the #6 injector plug no longer snapped on.

So I pulled the harness. To pull it one must pull the AC exchanger box after pulling the glove box. It was covered with mouse goo and filled with mouse bedding. I checked out a box from a 92 parts truck and it was worse. I pulled another from a second 92 firewall in the other barn and the exchanger fins are completely plugged. That meant disassembling and cleaning the original. It’s ready to go back together and into the truck, but as I began to install the harness I got from @HiPlainsDrftr I found that the shop doing his LS swap had cut off the starter plug.

So I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening grafting the original plug onto the new harness.

That’s where it sits now. The mended harness will go in after work tomorrow followed by ac duct cleaning and the AC box. Maybe I can get the upper intake and throttle body on.

Not sure I can get it all together in time to prove out before Saturday. I’m hoping Caras dad will remember the date and we will still have a ride with his new 99 4Runner.